It is thought that the first person to aerate water with carbon
dioxide was William Brownrigg in the 1740s. Joseph Priestley
invented carbonated water, independently and by accident,
in 1767 when he discovered a method of infusing water with
carbon dioxide after having suspended a bowl of water above
a beer vat at a brewery in Leeds, Yorkshire.  He wrote of the
"peculiar satisfaction" he found in drinking it, and in 1772 he
published a paper entitled Impregnating Water with Fixed Air.

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William Brownrigg (1712 – 1800)

Joseph Priestley (1733 – 1804)

Upcoming time change means changing batteries in smoke detectors.

A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jetliner
(similar to above) operating as American Airlines
Flight 5342, was on final approach to Runway 33
at Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington,
Virginia Wednesday evening when it collided with
an Army H-60 Sikorsky helicopter crashing into the
Potomac River Wednesday evening. 

This was the first commercial airline crash in the U.S.
since 2009.

A U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter.

Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jeane Mortenson)
(June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962)